Gérard Depardieu found guilty in sexual assault trial1 day ago Share Save Hugh Schofield Paris correspondent Reporting from Paris Share SaveAmélie, one of the two women sexually assaulted by Depardieu, said justice had been doneFrench film star Gérard Depardieu has been found guilty of sexually assaulting two women on a film set in Paris and given a suspended jail term of 18 months. The actor was not in court to hear the verdict but was instead working on a film set in the Azores. After the trial, the actor was invited to join his close friend and fellow actor Fanny Ardant for a film-shoot in the Azores. Claude Vincent, representing one of the two women plaintiffs, described Depardieu as a "misogynist" and a "case-study in sexism". AFP via Getty Images A court sketch of Depardieu during a hearing in his trial in March